JustOneMinutetag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-74132018-02-17T07:59:00-05:00"Trumpocalypse Now!"
TypePadSaturday Morning Open Threadtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e201b8d2db1639970c2018-02-17T07:59:00-05:002018-02-17T07:59:00-05:00Tom MaguireI bet there is new news to go with the Fake News and the old news.The Russians Are Coming And Red Flag Wavingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e201bb09f404b8970d2018-02-16T20:59:33-05:002018-02-16T20:59:33-05:00Tom MaguireOK, Mueller validates his consumption of oxygen by backing our intelligence agencies and the conventional wisdom that yes, Russians tried to disrupt our political process. "Hey, dude, where's my collusion?" remains a Frequently Unanswered Question, but any day now. The...School Shootings, Gun Control, And Red Flag Lawstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e201b8d2daf89f970c2018-02-16T13:09:18-05:002018-02-16T13:17:27-05:00Tom MaguireThere are partisans on both sides of the gun control screaming match that rely on hyperbolic rhetoric to rouse their donors. To pick an example seemingly at random, people like Hillary Clinton will prefer to pander rather than lead. However,...School Shootingstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e201b8d2dac0dd970c2018-02-15T19:24:29-05:002018-02-15T19:24:29-05:00Tom MaguireSomewhat surprisingly, the WaPo debunks a widely cited nightmare stat from Mike Bloomberg's gun control group. What's next, a reality-based discussion about how to deal with gun violence? I'll say this - sort of like Nixon-to-China, Trump will have more...Valentine's Day Open Threadtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e201bb09f35e4f970d2018-02-14T18:04:59-05:002018-02-14T18:04:59-05:00Tom MaguireA good day to avoid the news.Portrait Of A Knucklehead As An Old Mantag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e201b7c94f9ee6970b2018-02-13T17:55:22-05:002018-02-13T17:55:22-05:00Tom MaguireBarry lost in the weeds. Or is he waxing nostalgic for his days on the Choom Gang? Imagining himself as the First Flower Child? Tough call! Of course, his freakishly large hands are a joke that will be completed when...Resistance Terrortag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e201bb09f2a9ec970d2018-02-12T17:21:16-05:002018-02-12T17:21:16-05:00Tom MaguireThis news about Vanessa Trump (wife of Donald Jr.) is appalling. Vanessa Trump taken to hospital as precaution after white powder sent to her home by TOM WINTER and JONATHAN DIENST President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law was taken to a Manhattan...A Brief return To Realitytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e201b8d2d96912970c2018-02-11T22:51:05-05:002018-02-11T22:51:05-05:00Tom MaguireBuzzfeed stages an intervention hoping to forestall MSNBC and the usual suspects from putting up a statue to Little Rocket Man's sister on the Washington Mall.Winning The Gold Medal For Stupidtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e201b7c94eca1d970b2018-02-11T07:54:33-05:002018-02-12T17:16:00-05:00Tom MaguireNBC might want to have their broadcasters do five minutes of homework before parading their ignorance. AFTERMATH: The fellow noting the ongoing respect of Koreans for Japan will have some unexpected free time to study the history of East Asia....All He Was Saying Was, "Give Peace A Chance"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e201bb09f21195970d2018-02-10T15:27:39-05:002018-02-10T15:27:39-05:00Tom MaguireObama's deal with Iran and abandonment of Syria play out with Israel.Resistance Economicstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e201b8d2d8ce0b970c2018-02-09T13:27:31-05:002018-02-09T13:27:31-05:00Tom MaguireThe flailing NY Times has a new feature - Fake News in the lead which is promptly rebutted in the main text and accompanying graphics. Here we go: Stocks Plunge as Market Enters ‘Correction’ Territory After watching stocks march higher...House Republicans To Build The Wall!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e201b8d2d88e29970c2018-02-08T17:14:57-05:002018-02-08T17:14:57-05:00Tom MaguireLest you had a moment of hope that Washington dysfunction might be about to ebb, we are here to help you despair: House Intel Republicans plan to wall off their aides from Democratic staffers In a sign of increasing partisan...The New Eastwood Film Will Make My Daytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e201bb09f16d4d970d2018-02-08T10:16:29-05:002018-02-08T10:16:29-05:00Tom MaguireA review of Eastwood's new film on the three Americans who thwarted a terror attack on a train in Europe. Spoiler alert - the good guys win. Things I did not know - the three leads are played by themselves,...Dream Ontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e201b8d2d84e3b970c2018-02-07T21:45:57-05:002018-02-07T21:45:57-05:00Tom MaguireSenate leadership has a budget deal with something for everyone except the deficit hawks and the Dreamers. McConnell has promised a separate Senate debate on immigration, although over in the House Ryan has not.